Name: Apricot Cosmo
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 60 ml Vodka; 1 barspoon Apricot jam/preserve; 30 ml Cranberry juice; 7.5 ml Sugar syrup (2:1); 15 ml Lime juice; 2 dash Orange bitters

Apricot Cosmo
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Glass:

Serve in a Martini glass

Ingredients:
2 oz	Ketel One Vodka
1 barspoon	Apricot jam (preserve)
1 oz	Cranberry juice (sweetened)
¹⁄₄ oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
¹⁄₂ oz	Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash	Orange Bitters by Angostura

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a MARTINI GLASS.
Prepare garnish of apricot wedge or dried apricot half.

How to make:

STIR apricot preserve with vodka until dissolved.
Add other ingredients and SHAKE with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

Garnish with apricot wedge or dried apricot half on rim.

Review:

The apricot preserve adds a flavoursome tang to the contemporary classic.

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Variations/similar cocktails:

Jam jelly and marmalade cocktails

History:

A riff on the classic Cosmopolitan cocktail created in 2004 at Aura Kitchen & Bar in London, England.

Alcohol content:

We don't have enough information to calculate the alc./vol., but based on known ingredients, this recipe contains at least:

19.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Simon Sedgley

4th August 2025 at 04:24

One of our favourites. You will have to put in some time and effort in the kitchen beforehand to make it really sing. We use our own apricot and lavender jam. Use of any substitute for homemade jam will ruin this by rendering it too sweet.

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Massimo Cremieux

17th June 2024 at 17:50

I tried to use pomegranate juice without sugar syrup. Not great result.

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Ciara Sherry-Wooldridge

27th July 2023 at 20:26

Used 15ml apricot brandy instead of jam and removed the sugar syrup - it was delicious!

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Kjell Eriksson

11th May 2022 at 21:24

Yes indeed, a bit on the sweet side, with the tartness of the cranberries less pronounced. I think maybe the spoon was too full of jam, and it's sweet, being of the Tiptree variety. I’ll use less jam the next time.

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